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10-17-2009, 06:31 AM
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Well the performance center delivery experience was all that I wanted it to be and more. Points all around to the PCD staff for a great day. Unfortunately, during the drive back to Columbia SC, the car shut itself down on the interstate and would not restart. Engine malfunction--reduced power as IDRIVE put it. So we were on the SOS with BMW roadside assistance for 30 minutes, waited for a tow for 1.5 hrs and finally got it towed to the dealer late last night.

It was a good thing Donnie showed me how to disengage the transmission manually into neutral and use the tow insert. So with only 71 miles on the odometer my car is in the shop. I'm hoping it's something simple like a sensor or something. Will have to wait and see as they are diagnosing it today.

Maybe we all need to quit worrying about whether our "new" vehicle has 7, 14, or 25 miles on it when we pick it it, and instead insist that they have 1,000 on the odometer before we'll accept it! :rofl:

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That doesn't sound good at all. Hoping that is just a lemon, and that other '10 models won't have issues. We're taking delivery Saturday, our SA called today asking us about registration already!

Funny you said that as with 20K on my 335i today I was thinking how it was just broken it with notable improved mileage, idle and performance.

No problem. I was pretty sure it was a 2009. But not that sure :)

FWIW from what I've read, there is no reason to believe that 2010 X5s (gas and diesel) are not being built every single day. AFAIK they are being built, they're just not being delivered to customers yet :(

Funf Dreisig

Yup, a fair number of posts from people, such as me, having seen the status of their order go in stages through production to being at the VPC and holding.

Frankly, for various reasons, I would just as soon not take delivery until November, and I'd just as soon have it waiting at the VPC as at my dealer. So in my case, I've got no problem if they hang onto it for another couple of weeks.

P.S. South Carolina BMW Plant to Hire 700 Workers ? Automotive News & Car Rumors at Automobile Magazine

Turnout at BMW job fair overwhelms hiring staff The Post and Courier - Charleston SC newspaper

I hope the added shifts are on Friday.. I have PDC scheduled for 11/20 which is a Friday and currently the production line is not running on FRIDAY!.. so no plant tour..

Hopefully most of the delays are not really hitting folks in their pocket book.

BTW I am even more glad we had our 2009 X5d built and delivered in August. Our previous X5 had been totaled. So we were renting a RAV4 at a little over $1k /mo. Waiting for the 2010's to begin building, then waiting for ours to be delivered, would have already cost me over $2K. And as good as the new iDrive may be, I wouldn't pay $2k extra for it :)

Funf Dreisig